Evidências do Enade e de outras fontes - mudanças no perfil do biólogo graduado

Abstract

This study aims to contribute to the discussions on public policies concerning graduate courses in Biology with a diagnosis of: evolution of the supply, the profile of graduates and their placement in the labor market. For this, we used data from the INEP (National Institute of Educational Studies Anísio Teixeira) and IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). It was observed that the increase in supply was not accompanied by the interest in the Area of Biology, and the ratio between the number of enrollments and graduates is low. To describe the socioeconomic profile of students who complete the course we appealed to Principal Component Analysis, with data from all Areas of the graduates who took the ENADE (National Exam of Students of Higher Education) 2004-2012. The factors obtained show that, on average, Biology graduates are among those socioeconomically less affluent among the Areas evaluated by ENADE. One can also note a difference among those with a BA and those with a License (in Brazil, a BA in Biology does not entitle a person to teach, a License is needed. Students with BA go on to get MSc and PhD), the latter even less affluent and the former slightly more affluent than the average graduating student. Finally, the sample of the 2010 Census allowed to detect that teaching is the career of most biologists, especially females, but also showed that many work in clerical activities or activities not related to the Area. Average wages of different occupations of Biologists are also analyzed and show discrepancies which characterize the different types of insertion in the job market.

Evidências do Enade e de outras fontes - mudanças no perfil do graduado em Ciências Biológicas

“…No ano de 2015, a Fundação Cesgranrio publicou o Relatório Técnico nº01/2015 intitulado "Evidências do Enade e de outras fontes -mudanças no perfil do biólogo graduado" (BELTRÃO et al, 2015) e com os dados do Enade de 2004 até 2012. O relatório atual passa a ter um número maior de seções.…”

“…A parte referente à caracterização socioeconômica dos concluintes do ensino superior é uma continuação de pesquisa realizada pelos autores, englobando todas as carreiras participantes do Enade (BELTRÃO & MANDARINO, 2014), porém focando na área de Ciências Biológicas. Este estudo é uma atualização do Relatório Técnico nº1/2015 (BELTRÃO et al, 2015).…”